VICTORIAN TRADITIONS OF MOURNING – MOURNING BROOCHES

By Ann Rabinowitz

Upon reading a posting on the JewishGen Digest by Michael
Weigel regarding his great grandmother’s brooch which originated around
1870-1928 in the Roos Bakker family from Terschilling in the Netherlands, I
decided to investigate its origins.The brooch
was further posted on the JewishGen View Mate Site and is seen above.

Apparently, the brooch is a rare example of a mourning
brooch which was found throughout Europe as early as the 16th
Century, but which reached its height of popularity or fashion after the death
of Britain’s Queen Victoria's husband Prince Albert in 1861 and lasted until she
passed away in 1901 and into the Edwardian era.It was during this time that formalized visual expressions of one’s
remembrance of a loved one were found in jewelry and other wearable items for
both men and women.

The brooches were made from various materials which were
dependent on either the wealth or creativity of the purchaser as well as the
materials at hand locally or that could be imported.Very often jet was the material of choice or
some form of black glass or enamel.The variety
of materials they were made from was astounding and can be found discussed on
the following site:http://cemeteryexplorers.blogspot.com/2010/01/victorian-mourning-traditions-fashions.html
In addition to the materials the brooches were made from, very often, they
included a lock or braided piece of hair and, in many cases, a painting or
tintype photo of the deceased was included in the brooch. The Star of David was
not unusual as a decorative design on the brooch and could have been utilized
by a Jewish mourner as well as a non-Jewish one.The following site gives an indication of the
enormous selection of designs available to Victorians for these types of
brooches:http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/JewelChatVictJwl.html

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I have never seen a piece of Jewelry from the late 19th early 20th century with a star or shield of David. I have done some extensive searching on the internet and am yet to find one, especially a non-jewish piece.

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